Bidyadanga is a community located on the Kimberley coast in Western Australia, where the Great Sandy Desert meets the sea. The word Bidyadanga is derived from pijarta/ bidyada (emu watering hole).
Name: Yvonne Mandijalu
Community: Bidyadanga
Biography:
I was born in Broome but I lived in Bidyadanga community with my mum and dad, and my two brothers and three sisters. I liked living in Bidyadanga because I like going fishing and camping there. I moved to Perth when I was eighteen and went to Central Tafe to study New Opportunities for Women, and now I’m in Newman to be close to my grandparents.
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